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Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen : am I a child soldier too?
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Mouthaan, Solange (2015) Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen : am I a child soldier too? Women's Studies International Forum, 51 . pp. 91-100. doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2014.11.004 ISSN 0277-5395.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2014.11.004
Abstract
International law protects children from abuse, including sexual abuse, and from discrimination based on gender. It also prohibits the recruitment and use of child soldiers, but these provisions do not distinguish between boys and girls and their different experiences of armed conflict. International law also protects women from sexual violence or from discrimination based on gender, but does so without age distinction. This does not mean that girls' experiences of armed conflict are entirely precluded. For instance, the Cape Town Principles and Paris Principles single out girls as being specifically used for sexual purposes. However, no concrete international law provision attempts to protect girl child soldiers from sexual violence carried out by a member of the armed group they belong to. Consequently, an explicit link is missing within these different provisions to ensure that the use of child soldiers is understood widely enough to include sexual abuse against girls.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | K Law [Moys] > KC International Law | ||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children (International law), Child soldiers, Children and war, War victims -- Legal status, laws, etc, Child sexual abuse | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Women's Studies International Forum | ||||||
Publisher: | Pergamon | ||||||
ISSN: | 0277-5395 | ||||||
Official Date: | July 2015 | ||||||
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Volume: | 51 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 91-100 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.wsif.2014.11.004 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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